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[19] Design for the interior of St John’s, Bethnal Green, London, May 1825
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Reference number
SM 59/10/6
Purpose
[19] Design for the interior of St John’s, Bethnal Green, London, May 1825
Aspect
Longitudinal section of the western half of the church showing four bays and a plan of the tower. The section is from the vault to the roof level, and on the left it extends to the tower. The section shows the internal arrangement of the arcade of arches, supporting pillars, and windows. Above the roof line is a plan of the first tier of the tower. Pencil additions to the plan of the tower and on the bottom left are some faded pencil designs for column bases
Scale
bar scale of 1 inch to 5 feet
Inscribed
some pencil calculations
Signed and dated
- May 1825
(in pencil) May 1825
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pen, red pen, wash and coloured wash of pink, pricked for transfer, on wove paper (542 x 370)
Hand
Probably Stephen Burchell (1806 - c.1843), draughtsman
The Soane Office Day Book covering May 1825 has both Burchell, and Davis producing drawings for St John's, Bethnal Green
Probably Edward Davis (1802 - 1852), draughtsman
The Soane Office Day Book covering May 1825 has both Burchell, and Davis producing drawings for St John's, Bethnal Green
The Soane Office Day Book covering May 1825 has both Burchell, and Davis producing drawings for St John's, Bethnal Green
Probably Edward Davis (1802 - 1852), draughtsman
The Soane Office Day Book covering May 1825 has both Burchell, and Davis producing drawings for St John's, Bethnal Green
Verso
Faded pencil designs for a door with a console-hood moulding and a profile moulding for an uncertain subject, and couple of other pencil designs for an uncertain subject
Watermark
SMITH & ALLNUTT / 1820
Level
Drawing
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